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I'd like to bring to your attention the 2026 irony of how much things now cost: this thing has nearly the same chip, way bigger display,a keyboard, extra USB po
by cromka 8mo ago
I'd like to bring to your attention the 2026 irony of how much things now cost: this thing has nearly the same chip, way bigger display,a keyboard, extra USB port, a touchpad, lots of copper inside and aluminum outside, way bigger battery and yet it is same price as entry level iPhone with same RAM and storage. Go figure!
PS. Wonder why they didn't use A19 in this? Imagine they thought "yeah, that A18 will do for an entry-level laptop", but the entry-level iPhone 17e with A19 needed more kick? What for, our social media apps and mobile websites? This is soooo absurd!
- mikestew 8mo agoThat's one way of looking at it. How much do you think it costs to take a laptop system and shrink it down to iPhone-sized?
- cromka 8mo agoI don't know. How do you know the cost of shrinking it is higher than the cost of extra material I mentioned? Also higher cost of shipping? There's so many variables that I think it's safe to assume Apple has similar markup on both of these devices.
- einr 8mo agoPS. Wonder why they didn't use A19 in this? Imagine they thought "yeah, that A18 will do for an entry-level laptop", but the entry-level iPhone 17e with A19 needed more kick? What for, our social media apps and mobile websites? This is soooo absurd! You have to be able to get enough of the things made, too. A19 and A18 Pro are made on different TSMC processes, and most likely it's easier to get production capacity on the older N3E process.
- cromka 8mo agoYeah, that's fair point.
- piperswe 8mo agoThe A19 doesn't have USB 3, does it? I suspect Apple didn't want to release a laptop where its only I/O ports are 480Mbps USB 2.
- cromka 8mo agoIt does. One prot is USB3, other is USB2. iPhone uses fast external storage for RAW video footage.